Carl Blair

“In life it is prudent to think first and act afterward. In art, I act first and think afterwards, gaining spontaneity and freshness along with unexpected accidents that happen that I can take advantage of in composition and color. No part is sacred and I feel free to paint out or change things or my direction at any time. The whole is more important than the parts.” Carl Blair

In September of 2001 Blair was given the distinction of the first living South Carolina artist to be honored with a one-man show at the Columbia Museum of Art. In addition, he has shown in more than one hundred museums, galleries and universities in group exhibitions. His work hangs in some 2500 permanent private, corporate and public collections to include IBM, Spaulding Corporation, BASF Corporation, National Gypsum Company, McDonalds International, Hyatt Hotels, Price Waterhouse Coopers and Tuskeegee Institute